2015 Fall Exploring CS

This is an archive of our Fall 2015 Exploring CS Class work. You can find the latest class details in our Schoology pages under your course EXPLORING COMP SCI: S1 . Feel free to reference past material here as needed, but there will updates in the new year. Website links and assignments may vary so some material may be out of date. Check in with Mr. Bergquist if you have any questions.

Date

Goal*, Work Due & Exams

Class Activities

Best luck 2nd Semester!

It's been a fun class. Have a great 2nd Semester!!.
Hope to see you in future CS classes!

Best of luck with computing in your future!
Consider our other CS classes at Garfield too!!

Consider sharing your Final Assignment with Adults in your life to help you make progress toward your career goal. And consider our Skills Centers and summer intro classes - talk to your counselor or me for more details.

When you have finished all 3 parts, please show them to Mr. Bergquist for length check and sign off. Assemble all three parts into one document, place it in our class's "00 Final" folder, and name the file "Final" followed by name, like "Final - Lisa". Thanks!

Tuesday: Make sure to have at least Parts I & start of II in our class folder by end of class.
Wednesday: You should be done with Parts 1 & 2. Show Mr. Bergquist it is in the folder.
Friday, all parts including Part III due, it's the last day of class!

FIRST: Complete your Pong game in Scratch. Make it your own & get it signed off!
- Check it against the Rubrick
- Share it with another class member
- Then ask to have it signed off - 20 class points. No regrades, make sure it is good before you call me.

Check your grade in the Source, make sure you are not missing any sign off's

FIRST: Complete your Pong game in Scratch. Make it your own & get it signed off!
- Check it against the Rubrick
- Share it with another class member
- Then ask to have it signed off - 20 class points. No regrades, make sure it is good before you call me.

As a team:
1) complete and turn in: the Scratch Debug Activity Sheet
2) Create your own Debug Problem in Scratch and Save to our Shared class folder - Start its name with "Debug"
Then...3) Further develop your Pong game - follow these guidelines. Have it signed off!!
4) Share your Pong program - show it to class members!.

use conditionals in Scratch to form a Pong game, adding events to end the game.

Further design a Pong game:
+ Detect End of Game based on Score
+ Use an Event to communicate to other Sprites and Stage to stop motion and stop the game
+ Try adding a nice Final Stage that celebrates the winner
+ Make sure to state who is the winner!!

Add Variables & Conditionals to track Scores in Scratch to form a Pong game.

Further design a Pong gameFrom your Scratch conditionals worksheet, you should have changed your Cat to a bal, got your paddles moving, and added random motion to your ball, now you are ready for the goal...Continue to create a Pong game in Scratch.
+ Add Scoring Variables
+ Add the two thin bar goals (Sprites) at each end of the screen
+ When the goal is touched
. 1) Increase the appropriate Score by one
. 2) Move the ball back to the center of the screen
. 3) I advise that you change the ball's angle randomly, so it does not head straight back
+ Play with this to see how to make it more interesting.

Get any outstanding projects signed off. (Combine them to get them done)

Finish your: HTML & CSS Review Sheet as best you can...
Wednesday I will sign off those of you who completed it and then we will Go over the answers to HTML & CSS Review Sheet together. Quiz is on Friday!

Chick Tech Event Sat & Sun, Jan 30 & 31st - Details are linked on this page as well as registration links. This is not an SPS or Garfield HS event and you need to talk to your parents/guardians before registering or attending.

Work on and complete your Starter Website Project DUE Friday 8th Jan.A. Please prioritize getting your navigation from page to page working for check in.Sample Navigation pages to use as a template for navigation - view their source and try them out: navdemopage.html
B. Check out your classmates' Websites and Review the Rubric (grading)with them.
C. Help them fix up their sites for full credit.
D. Complete done? Start our HTML & CSS Review Sheet for our later Quiz.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for videos about new technology! Thanks

Copy & Paste your work to NotePad++
(see: Getting Started with HTML)Saving your work:
1 - Use "Save As" to navigate to our S: Drive class period folder
2 - Create a new Folder (upper folder icon), name the folder your name and Open it
3 - change the file format to Hyper Text Markup Language .html
4 - then you can "Run in" Firefox to see your webpage in a browser

When you are done, go to the lab, relax a bit then explore browsers and websites, completing your:Browser & Website Survey Lab exercise - pick a partner to do this with if you like! (10 Classroom points) Finish up today.
Friday get ready for starting Web Design...

Tuesday 12/1

Reflecting on talking about Online Safety and starting to think about Web Site designs.

Preparing to assess all we have learned about Computers, Data, the Internet, Online Safety & Search.
After Jeopardy check out the: Midterm Quiz Study Guide

Done: start work on Browser & Website Survey Lab exercise (10 Classroom points) - pick a partner to do this with, you can compare things on your two screens! if you like! Finish this up on this Friday and get ready for Web Design when we are back from break!

When you are done, you can start preparing for your Talking about Online Safety Project paper. Feel free to assemble material from class notes & last week's group presentations - use the list you made Wednesday! Due in a week, Wed, 11/25 (just before break).

Check the Source & Make sure you have all your Assignments turned in. Use the links from the source to see your missing assignments.

+ Presentation must be completed & copied to our class folder by end of the period today. (Thanks)
S:\embergquist\Writeable\Exploring CS\ Period 1 and Period 3
+ Today or next Monday your team will present your presentation/paper a group to class. Determine your speakers.

What computers are capable of? What should we let them do?
Complete our WarGames Worksheet (15 Points of Classwork)
Hold on to your sheet to be completed on Monday at the latest, will likely finish up on Friday.

Verify for all the Requirements are met for your team's: Corporate Classroom Poster Project (15 Project Points) Due today for most teams!
Note:
- no regrades - so check them thoroughly
- make you have "Creative use of images & text", share your posters with classmates
- you will receive your team grade, make sure all posters are complete and look good.

Review our building paper castles exercise Keys to Working on a Team
Before you start few words of advice:
- Word about copyright...
- Selecting, copying & pasting in Paint.Net demo
- Use a Layer to separate your text so you can easily change it.

How can you learn a new computer program? What worked the best for you? Realize that sometimes you will need to learn much more complicated programs and will be given specific documents or videos to learn from.

Short Quiz on Computer components. Use the key features of Paint.NET to create your class Layered Employee ID
Check the Source for missing work.1) Complete the step by step instructions to Create your Paint.NET Class Employee Photo ID
Show it to us for sign off!2) Learning from online resources - Videos. Pick one of the Videos at the bottom of the Instruction page and try following along on your PC. Don't like the one's I have, search for your own! Take notes on that experience.

See more details about Paint.NET in yesteday's sections.Quiz tomorrow on Components of a Computer!!

Monday 10/19

Choosing a Computer and Try out Paint.NET

1) Turn in your Computer Choice paragraph for check off today.
2) Make sure your Digital Data Quest is turned in today, either turn in your paper or place a copy in our class folder.

Start Exploring Paint.NET:
- Open Paint.Net and try the Interactive Tutorial that is in our Class READ-ONLY "Paint.NET Tutorial" Folder, click on the page: "BeginnerGuide2.0.html" to get you started. Click around and find what you can do, then try it!
- Here are the FAQ's - notice these are all in forums so others can contribute comments, pretty cool.

Chick Tech Event Sat & Sun, Nov 7 & 8th - let Mr. B know today if you are interested, and talk to your folks. This is not an SPS or Garfield HS event and you need to talk to your parents/guardians before registering or attending.

Table discussion day: What computer & operating system would you buy today and why? Turn in your Computer Choice paragraph for check off today.

Quiz Wednesday on Components of a Computer!!

New Unit: Becoming a User in our CS Roles
We will try a new application: Paint.Net:
- Free Photo Editing app, you can download to your own PC.
- Cool features like: Layers, Special Effects (blurring, red-eye removal, distortion), and other tools.
- Uses via Creative Commons licensing, community supported.
- Open Paint.Net and try the Interactive Tutorial that is in our Class READ-ONLY "Paint.NET Tutorial" Folder, click on the page: "BeginnerGuide2.0.html" to get you started. Click around and find what you can do, then try it!

Friday 10/16

Choosing a Computer

What computer & operating system would you buy today and why?
Writing Exercise: Explore online Apple Macs vs. PC, Laptop, Desktop or Tablet, which would you choose? Write a solid paragraph (about one-third to half a page) Be specific as you like on what you would want, and have supportive sentences for your choice. (Check out the links from Wednesday and explore online.) Complete this period, we may discuss at end of period.

What computer & operating system would you buy today and why?
Writing Exercise: Explore online Apple Macs vs. PC, Laptop, Desktop or Tablet, which would you choose? Write a solid paragraph (about one-third to half a page) Be specific as you like on what you would want, and have supportive sentences for your choice. (Check out the links from Wednesday and explore online.) Complete this period, we may discuss at end of period.

Wed 10/14
Block

Team building at your new Table / Different kinds of computers, Operating Systems & devices.

Public Service: Make sure your Components of a Computer assignment has good descriptions and "Connections to other components" correct for full points (15!) Also make sure you are not missing anything else.

Wednesday 10/7
Block

Disassemble and Reassemble the parts of other Computer Devices.

Other Computer Devices Dissection:
Team Requirements: (paper to turn in, just like the Computer Dissection Instructions )
1) Record your team members names
2) Carefully & Safely take apart the device and identify and label the components of a computer you find.
3) Draw a Diagram of the parts in the device and what you think they are - feel free to look online.
4) Arrange for an "exploded view" of the device labeling them to photograph by Mr. Bergquist5) Leave your device out for other classmates to see.
6) After everyone has seen the devices, the put it back together as best you can.

Other Computer Device Dissections - again follow our safety guidelines and create an "exploded view" of your device for us to photograph & share. Make sure leave your device out so every class member can check it out. Try to identify all our Computer components inside.

Done? Start exploring how data (videos, music, words, and numbers) are stored in a computer science...

+ EasyCTD a High School Hacking Competition, DELAYED starts Oct 31st!, create a team (not associated with SPS or Garfield HS, include your parents in the details)

Discussion: What is a computer? What defines it?
- A Cell phone? A Tablet?
- A car a computer? check this out
- Other devices??
+ Classic Computer Hardware images from the Living Computer Museum (LCM) are in the local folder:
S:\embergquist\ReadOnly\2014 LCM images

+ Join us Today in our classroom 115:
- Women in Technology Club during lunch
- Robotics Team after school Tuesday & Thursday

Disassemble and Reassemble the parts of a PC
1) Complete the Team Computer Dissection, turn in your team drawing & notes.
2) Finish the first page (save page 2 for Friday) of the Computer Warm Up Write down you answers, discuss them with your teammates.
3) Update your: Components of a Computer paper with what you discovered today - final version due Friday!
Done? Talk to Mr. Bergquist

Dress comfortably (nothing fancy) for our Lab activity tomorrow, Wednesday - we are taking apart computers! Also NO Food or Drink will be allowed in the Classroom during our Wednesday Lab - any ideas why??

What is the S: Drive?? We will be using it all semester to save our work under:S:\embergquist\Writeable\Exploring CS\ Period 1 and Period 3
Make sure to save your file there and include your name in the file's name: i.e.
"Tom - Computer Components.doc".

Garfield CS Clubs:
Monday at Lunch in 115a: Women in Technology
Tuesday & Thursday after school in 115: FIRST Robotics
Coming Soon:
- Girls Who Code (go to the WIT Meeting to find out more details)
- Android Apps Club (later in October, hopefully)

Thursday 9/18

Learn more about our class and our CS Classroom Guidelines. Discover how "techy" our class of students are